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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1652E (post-transitional), (1)-PH-6 at top with P punched over H, rar

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1500s-1650s Start Price:220.00 USD Estimated At:275.00 - 400.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1652E (post-transitional), (1)-PH-6 at top with P punched over H, rar
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 4 reales, 1652E (post-transitional), (1)-PH-6 at top with P punched over H, rare. Janson-19.2.2; S-P37a; KM-18. 10.2 grams. Full (fat) pillars with bold full motto, date, assayer, mintmark and PH (also nice crown), full but double-struck and off-center cross, solid (minimal corrosion) and with dark, contrasting sediment around details. Interestingly, this overall type was unknown until the Ponterio Capitana auction, prior to which it was only a "hypothetical" Type III in McLean. Pedigreed to the Ponterio "La Capitana" sale of April 10,1999, with lot-tag #271. Recovered from: Capitana, sunk in 1654 off Chanduy, Ecuador